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When do your children finish school for the summer holidays?

28 replies

Ladybaga · 12/07/2026 18:49

Hello, we have a number of inset days w/c 20th July and im wondering if that would be a good time to take the kids to a theme park before it gets bonkers busy for summer, so please tell me, when do your kids finish school for their summer holidays? Thanks!

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newuser9090 · 12/07/2026 18:52

My kids last day is wed 22nd, but it might help if you say what area the theme park is in
otherwise our last day might not help you at all.

BareBelliedSneetch · 12/07/2026 18:55

My kids finish on Wed 22nd too, but loads of their friends at other schools fi is the Friday before. And that’s all in our local area.

jamjar2025 · 12/07/2026 18:57

Leicestershire as a county have already finished to my knowledge, most schools break up circa 8th July.

hahabahbag · 12/07/2026 18:58

Many children have already finished, private schools, Scottish schools and whole regions - they finish on Tuesday here. Go if you want but don’t expect it to be quiet

Abouteffingtime · 12/07/2026 18:58

17th. East Anglia

Aviarythebird · 12/07/2026 18:59

I don’t think theme parks are quiet after around mid June when GCSEs finish.

MrsPapillon · 12/07/2026 19:00

17th Liverpool

GoEasyOnThem · 12/07/2026 19:02

Ours finished on 8th July but most schools here seem to finish on 17th July.

Didimum · 12/07/2026 19:02

17th here.

Helpwithdivorce · 12/07/2026 19:03

17th

Scorpion84 · 12/07/2026 19:03

17th - west mids

ThatMrsM · 12/07/2026 19:05

We finish on the 17th and have inset days on the 20th and 21st. In Surrey.

Colourfulchameleons · 12/07/2026 19:06

24th; seems really late.

Ladybaga · 12/07/2026 19:07

Thank you everyone, appreciate the responses. Thats confirmed what i had suspected, that we will just need to brave the crowds if we do go.

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Scaryspicer · 12/07/2026 19:09

17th

pinkpanther84 · 12/07/2026 19:29

South west - my children finish on 17th and 21st

ShrinkyDinkyPetal · 12/07/2026 19:31

Last year before we started school we went to Paultons in that last week before schools break up and it was heaving with school trips! Lesson learned

InfoSecInTheCity · 12/07/2026 19:34

Midlands and yesterday

sunflower85 · 12/07/2026 19:37

My kids finished on the last Friday in June

MightyS · 12/07/2026 20:09

My dd finishes on Tuesday 14th July

Ploomv · 12/07/2026 20:11

Thura 23rd. I'm surprised so many English schools are earlier, apart from Leicester which is always a week or two ahead.

ThreeRandomThings · 12/07/2026 20:20

London. We finish on the 17th (LA school) but some of the academies near us are finishing on the 24th. I think the Aug BH being so late has caused a bit of a split this year.

Awrite · 12/07/2026 20:21

30th of June.

sanityisamyth · 12/07/2026 20:26

Year 7 but he broke up on Friday. A lot of the private schools will already be off, and Scottish schools finished a while ago.

CandyFlossssss · 12/07/2026 20:26

One school is the 16th one is the 17th and other school is 21st